The Global Practice of Forensic Science (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ubelaker, Douglas H.

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Produktbeschreibung

The Global Practice of Forensic Science presents histories, issues, patterns, and diversity in the applications of international forensic science. Written by 64 experienced and internationally recognized forensic scientists, the volume documents the practice of forensic science in 28 countries from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. Each country's chapter explores factors of political history, academic linkages, the influence of individual cases, facility development, types of cases examined, integration within forensic science, recruitment, training, funding, certification, accreditation, quality control, technology, disaster preparedness, legal issues, research and future directions. Aimed at all scholars interested in international forensic science, the volume provides detail on the diverse fields within forensic science and their applications around the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118724231
• Artikelnr.: 42151570

Autorenporträt

Douglas H. Ubelaker is Senior Scientist specializing in forensic anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. He served as the 2011-2012 President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and has published extensively in the general field of human skeletal biology with an emphasis on forensic applications.

Inhaltsangabe

About the editor vii List of contributors ix Foreword by Daniel A. Martell
xxvii Series preface xxix 1 Introduction 1 Douglas H. Ubelaker 2 The
practice of forensic sciences in Argentina 5 Luis Fondebrider & Luis Bosio
3 Australia 13 Stephen Cordner & Alastair Ross 4 Forensic sciences in
Canada 29 Anny Sauvageau & Graham R. Jones 5 The Chilean Forensic Medical
Service 39 Patricio Bustos Streeter & Marisol Intriago Leiva 6 Forensic
science in Colombia 49 Andres Rodríguez Zorro & Aída Elena Constantín 7
Forensic science in Denmark 67 Niels Lynnerup & Steen Holger Hansen 8 The
practice of forensic science in Egypt: a story of pioneering 73 Dina A.
Shokry 9 The practice of forensic science in Estonia 83 Marika Väli, Üllar
Lanno & Ivar Prits 10 History and current status of forensic science and
medicine in Finland 95 Erkki Sippola & Pekka Saukko 11 Forensic medicine in
France 105 Bertrand Ludes 12 Forensic medicine in Germany 115 W.
Eisenmenger & O. Peschel 13 Forensic science in Hong Kong 121 Sheilah
Hamilton & Philip Beh 14 The practice of forensic science in Hungary 135
Eva Keller Peter Sótonyi & Agnes Dósa 15 Forensic science in India 147 P.K.
Chattopadhyay 16 Forensic sciences in Italy 155 Cristina Cattaneo Antonio
Grande & Luigi Ripani 17 History and current status of forensic science in
Japan 173 Hitoshi Maeda Takaki Ishikawa & Toshikazu Kondo 18 Forensic
science in Korea 189 Heesun Chung Soong Deok Lee & Sikeun Lim 19 Forensic
medicine in Libya 195 Fawzi Benomran 20 The practice of forensic science in
Mexico 199 Mario Alva-Rodríguez & Rolando Neri-Vela 21 The Netherlands 217
Arian van Asten Wim Neuteboom Sijtze Wiersma & Zeno Geradts 22 History and
current status of forensic science in Singapore 231 George Paul & Paul Chui
23 The history and current status of forensic science in South Africa 241
Herman Bernitz Michael Kenyhercz Burgert Kloppers Ericka Nöelle L'Abbé
Gérard Nicholas Labuschagne Antonel Olckers Jolandie Myburgh Gert Saayman
Maryna Steyn & Kyra Stull 24 Forensic science practice in Spain 261 Angel
Carracedo & Luis Concheiro 25 Legal medicine and forensic science in
Switzerland 267 Patrice Mangin & Pierre Margot 26 Forensic medicine and
sciences in Turkey 279 Mete Korkut Gulmen & Cengiz Haluk Ince 27 Forensic
medicine in the United Arab Emirates 289 Fawzi Benomran 28 Forensic science
practice in the United States 301 Joseph Peterson & Matthew Hickman 29
Legal medicine and forensic science in Uruguay 335 Hugo Rodríguez Almada 30
Conclusions: global common themes and variations 351 Douglas H. Ubelaker
Index 361